Nothing's working, and I've checked everything, so it must be YOUR fault [Mon Jan 10 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 10 January 2022 ***************************************************************** Nothing's working, and I've checked everything, so it must be YOUR fault Yes, but are you sure? Really sure? ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Google: We disagree with Sonos patent ruling so much, we've changed our code to avoid infringement And also an import ban * Worst of CES Awards: The least private, least secure, least repairable, and least sustainable Want fatuous stuff that treats you with contempt? Look no further * Never mind the Panic button – there's a key to Compose yourself How to type foreign languages without looking stuff up or memorising half of Unicode * IT labor rights group files complaint against HCL, claiming it's clawing back bonuses NGO claims staffers who resign are forced to return advance variable pay * New batch of AstroPis relieve Ed and Izzy of duty on board the International Space Station If you can't find a Pi on Earth, you could run your code on orbit instead * Snap continues to make a spectacle of itself as it tries to trademark the word spectacles How about 'idiot goggles'? * India says: Xiaomi the $88m in missing import taxes, please Investigation finds royalty and licensing fees excluded from transaction values * A fifth of England's NHS trusts are mostly paper-based as they grapple with COVID backlog, warn MPs Recent report on IT-led change must be acted on by NHS leaders to address pandemic fallout * Two sides of the digital coin: Ill-gotten gains in cryptocurrencies double, outpaced by legit use – report Will these figures wash? Security * WebSpec, a formal framework for browser security analysis, reveals new cookie attack Boffins in Vienna devise way to make software prove how it behaves Software * Ubuntu-on-a-phone crowd fix Google account issues in new Touch update OTA-21 of mobile OS arrives * Less than PEACH-y: UK's plant export IT system only works with Internet Explorer You know, the browser used by 0.34% of netizens nowadays * Look, we did a survey that shows AIOps is ready for the primetime, says AIOps firm Move fast and break things – with help from machine-learning algorithms * Technology can sometimes go from east to west: Ubuntu DDE 21.10 remix ships in 22.01 Deepin shows that good things come out of Wuhan, too Offbeat * Feeling virtuous with a good old paperback? Well, don't. Switching to traditional media does not improve mood Study hopes to take the elitism out media consumption * Notes on the untimely demise of 3D Pinball for Windows Sure, there was a collision detection bug. Turns out somebody then quietly fixed it * Robotic arm on China's space station does a demo, swings out 20 degrees and back while holding cargo ship Plan is to use the arm to finish putting the outpost together * Not looking forward to a greyscale 2022? Then look back to the past in 64 colours Any colour you like as long as it's black. Or white * Nothing's working, and I've checked everything, so it must be YOUR fault Yes, but are you sure? Really sure? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2022 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: